2009 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500
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The 2009 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 was held on March 29, 2009 at
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in
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. It was the sixth race of the 2009
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season. The winner was
Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American professional auto racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE for Legacy Motor Club. Johnson has won seven Cup ch ...
, who led 42 laps, followed by
Denny Hamlin James Dennis Alan Hamlin (born November 18, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also co-owns and op ...
and
Tony Stewart Anthony Wayne Stewart (born May 20, 1971), nicknamed "Smoke", is an American semi-retired professional auto racing driver, and former NASCAR team co-owner of Stewart-Haas Racing. He currently competes in the NHRA Top Fuel class. He is a four-t ...
in second and third place. There were no time trials because of rain during the previous days. A live audience of 63,000 attended the event, which lasted three hours and 27 minutes. Last-place finisher
Todd Bodine Todd Martin Bodine (born February 27, 1964) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 62 Toyota Tundra for Halmar Friesen Racing, and is curre ...
quit on lap 3 due to engine problems.
Robby Gordon Robert Wesley Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American semi-retired auto racing driver. He has raced in NASCAR, Championship Auto Racing Teams, CART, the IndyCar Series, the Trans-Am Series, International Motor Sports Association, IMSA, Inter ...
,
Joe Nemechek Joseph Frank Nemechek III (born September 26, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 24 Toyota Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. Nemechek has made the second mos ...
and
Dave Blaney David Louis Blaney (born October 24, 1962) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. Blaney was a successful Sprint car racing, sprint car driver before he started racing in NASCAR, competing in both the Sprint Cup Series ...
also failed to finish. 13% of the race was run under caution; the average green flag run lasted about 33 laps. Most of the incidents that brought out the yellow flag were crashes. Five drivers failed to qualify, including
Sterling Marlin Sterling Burton Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, winning the Daytona 500 in 1994 and 1995. He ...
,
Tony Raines Floyd Anthony Raines (born April 14, 1964) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He is a former National Touring Series champion in the American Speed Association and NASCAR Rookie of the Year#NASCAR Nationwide Series, 1999 R ...
and
Dennis Setzer Dennis Setzer (born February 27, 1960) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has driven in all three of NASCAR's top series, scoring eighteen wins in the Craftsman Truck Series, and two wins in the Xfinity Series. Beginni ...
.
Jeff Gordon Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is an American stock car racing executive and former professional stock car racing driver who currently serves as the vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports. He raced full-time from 1993 to 2015, d ...
often battled
Denny Hamlin James Dennis Alan Hamlin (born November 18, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 11 Toyota Camry XSE for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also co-owns and op ...
and
Clint Bowyer Clinton Aaron Bowyer (born May 30, 1979) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and commentator for ''NASCAR on Fox''. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado ...
for the lead. Gordon finished fourth and Bower finished fifth.


Entry list


Qualifying

Qualifying was rained out. By owner's points,
Jeff Gordon Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is an American stock car racing executive and former professional stock car racing driver who currently serves as the vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports. He raced full-time from 1993 to 2015, d ...
would win the pole.


Starting lineup


Race recap


Race results


Timeline

* Start of race: Jeff Gordon had the pole position to start the race before losing it to Dave Blaney on lap 44 * Lap 3: Engine problems put Todd Bodine out of the race; making him the last-place finisher * Lap 22: Caution due to David Stremme and Michael Waltrip's accident; green flag racing resumed on lap 26 * Lap 42: Mandatory competition caution handed out by NASCAR; ended on lap 47 * Lap 45: Scott Speed took over the lead from Dave Blaney before losing it to Jeff Gordon on lap 57 * Lap 49: A problem with Dave Blaney's rear gear knocked him out of the race * Lap 57: Jeff Gordon took over the lead from Scott Speed before losing it to Jeremy Mayfield on lap 141 * Lap 71: Caution due to Kyle Busch and Scott Speed's accident; green flag racing resumed on lap 75 * Lap 90: Joe Nemechek had problems with his brakes; ending his day on the track * Lap 92: Robby Gordon spun his tires on turn 2; causing a caution that lasted until lap 96 * Lap 140: Caution due to David Ragan and Robby Gordon's accident; green flag racing resumed on lap 143 * Lap 156: Denny Hamlin took over the lead from Jeff Gordon before losing it back to him on lap 343 * Lap 255: Caution due to Scott Speed's accident; green flag racing resumed on lap 264 * Lap 349: Engine problems ended Robby Gordon's race weekend prematurely * Lap 353: Caution due to debris; green flag racing resumed on lap 358 * Lap 356: Denny Hamlin took over the lead from Bobby Labonte before losing it to Jimmie Johnson on lap 430 * Lap 368: Robby Gordon spun his tires on turn 4; causing a caution that lasted until Lap 371 * Lap 429: Caution due to Jeremy Mayfield's accident; green flag racing resumed on Lap 433 * Lap 430: Jimmie Johnson took over the lead from Denny Hamlin before losing it back to Denny Hamlin on lap 456 * Lap 448: Caution due to Aric Alimroa's accident; green flag racing resumed on Lap 455 * Lap 456: Denny Hamlin took over the lead from Jimmie Johnson before losing it back to Jimmie Johnson on lap 485 * Lap 468: Caution due to a 3-car accident; green flag racing resumed on Lap 471 * Lap 474: Caution due to a Bobby Labonte and Martin Truex, Jr's accident; green flag racing resumed on lap 477 * Lap 485: Jimmie Johnson took over the lead from Denny Hamlin * Finish: Jimmie Johnson was officially declared the winner of the event.


Standings after the race


References

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